Research Reports (Johann Kirsten)

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    Premature de-agriculturisation and its consequences : rural dependency among African households in Limpopo Province, South Africa
    (2007-08-01T13:16:58Z) Eastwood, Robert; Lipton, Michael; johann.kirsten@up.ac.za; Kirsten, Johann F.
    Some developing countries feature low agricultural salience, in that the agricultural workforce share (and/or GDP share) falls well below the expected level. Whilst many factors might account for this (i.e. oil, minerals, arid climate) this paper argues that another cause of low agricultural salience, especially in countries with great farm inequality, is premature de-agriculturisation (PDA) which impacts on rural livelihoods. This causes rural dependency which is harmful to growth and welfare. The paper continues to review a rural survey of Limpopo Province, South Africa, and concludes with some possible policy implications for PDA countries indicating that some policies are non-starters and that others are worth analysing further.
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    Evaluation of the Farmer Support Programme : sub-assignment III (Venda, Lebowa and KaNgwane). Final report on the agricultural economic analysis
    (2007-07-24T06:46:17Z) Sartorius von Bach, Helmke Jens; Van Zyl, Johan; johann.kirsten@up.ac.za; Kirsten, Johann F.
    This report is the culmination of a three year evaluation process (1991-1993) of the implementation of farmer support programmes in selected target areas of Venda, Lebowa and KaNgwane. It presents the findings of the three phases of the evaluation process through discussion and comparison of household surveys,characteristics of households likely to participate in the FSP, efficiency of production and concludes with recommendations to improve the interaction and participation of the different role players in the programme.